{"id":1225,"date":"2023-08-16T15:55:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T05:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2023-08-16T16:53:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T06:53:22","slug":"juniper-riordan-australian-microplastic-assessment-project-ausmap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/juniper-riordan-australian-microplastic-assessment-project-ausmap\/","title":{"rendered":"Juniper Riordan, Australian Microplastic Assessment Project (AUSMAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Juniper Riordan is AUSMAP\u2019s Science Research Officer, having recently graduated with Distinction from a Bachelor of Science\/ Bachelor of Arts at UNSW. Working in this role alongside a current Honours Project in species translocation, she is translating her mutual interests in scientific research and advocacy to tackle key environmental issues. At AUSMAP, Juniper witnesses first-hand the acute contamination of microplastics in Australia\u2019s waterways, and is currently in the process of co-authoring publications on the spatial and temporal distributions of these seemingly invisible pollutants. Her hope is that through effective scientific communication and rigorous methods, practical solutions and policy reform can occur. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-605 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-256x256.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-384x384.jpg 384w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-512x512.jpg 512w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws23\/files\/2023\/05\/Juniper-Riordan-Headshot.jpg 1662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nba-redirect":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speakers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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